Travis Somerland is man accustomed to danger - but nothing can prepare him the for the peril, the intrigue or the ruthlessness that confront him at Montechino. Or the murders. Montechino: part palace and part fortress, the secluded estate of the uber-wealthy Felix Cantor, a modern-day robber baron who think business is arithmetic, not morality. Now Travis finds himself entangled in the ultimate power struggle, generations in the making, as the Claptons challenge the authority of one of the country's most formidable families. Can he survive the dynastic rivalries to bring some measure of justice to an unjust world?